사일러스 마너(조지 엘리엇) - 13

Silas went home. The next day he sat alone for the whole day, too miserable to do anything. on the second day the minister came to tell him that Sarah had decided she could not marry him. only a month later, Sarah married William Dane, and soon afterward Silas Marner left the town.

At Raveloe, Silas shut himself away in his cottage. He did not want to think about the disaster he had experienced. He could not understand why God had refused to help him. But now that his trust in God and his friends had been broken, he did not feel strong enough to build up that trust again, in a new church and with new friends. From now on, he would live in a dark, loveless, hopeless world.

 

선생님이 바빠서 이제야 올리네요. 사일러스가 결국 라벨로로 도망치다시피 오게 된 사연이죠. 이렇게 사일러스는 친구와 연인이라는 가장 소중한 존재들에게 버림을 받고 낯선 이방인이 되어 타지에서 살게 됩니다. 인간의 소외란 주제로 사일러스를 바라볼 수도 있겠죠.